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FASTENING POR CARRIAGE CURTAINS.A

Patented Dec. 28, 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT rrrcn.

WINFIELD S. DUNN, OF VASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.`

FASTENING FOR CARRIAGE-CURTAINS.

SPECIFICATION 'forming part of Letters Patent No. 355,008, dated December 28, 1886.

Application filed September' 8, 1886. Serial No. 213,049. (No model.)

To all whom tmcty concern,.-

Be it known that I, WINFIELD S. DUNN, a` citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District of,Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fastenings for CarriageCurtains; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art ,to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in fastenings for carriage-curtains, whereby the curtain may be held in place when unrolled or let down, the object being to produce a fastening that shall be easily manipulated and not liable to be loosened by the jolting or other motion of the carriage. f

A further object is to relieve the carriageseat or other parts to which the curtains are to be secured of all projections, that not only disigure its surface, but are liable to catch and tear the clothing of occupants.

To attain these objects, the catch which receives the fastening-stud consists of a slotted plate let into the surface of the scat, rail, or other part to which the curtain is to be secured, with its outer surface flush with the surface of the said seat, rail, or other part, and having a cavity beneath, which admits the T- head of the stud and allows it to be turned to aright angle with the slot, so that its arms will catch under the plate, while a platespring acts upon the stud, forcing it outward and causing the same to remain in a slight transverse depression on the under side of the slotted plate until relieved by pressure upon the stud, which presses in the plate-spring, causes the arm of the plate-spring to leave the depression, and thus allows said arms to be turned in line with the slot, so that the stud may be disengaged; and the invention consists in the arrangement and construction of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of the stud and its attachments secured to a part of a curtain. Fig. 2

is aplan showing the under side of theslotted plate secured `to the' seat or other parts of the carriage, and which receives the T-head of the' stud. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal'section through vices is attached.

the parts in the position they occupy when the curtain is fastened to the seat. Fig. 4 is a top or plan View of the fastening device detached from the curtain. Fig. 5 is a side view of the fastening-stud. Fig. 6 `is a perspective view of the under side of the stud and its attachments detached from the curtain.

In the'figures, A represents a portion of the curtain to which one of the fastening de- This device consists of an outwardly-curved plate, D, having a circular orice or opening, d, through its middle part, throughl which the stud C passes and freely turns. Each end of this plate D is turned under, as at d', and receives the ends of the lplate-spring E, through which the shank or T- head of the stud C also passes. This stud is encircled by a collar, c, which lies. between the plate-spring E and outer plate,D, thus retaining the stud in position, but allowing it to turn freely and to be pressed inward sufficiently to relieve its arms from the depression f on the under side of the slotted plate F when it is desired to release the stud from engagement with said plate.

In order to secure the stud C and its attachments to the curtain, holes are formed through the plate D, which holes also pierce the ends of the spring-plate E, and through these holes are passed the screws or rivets d d, firmly attaching the partsto the curtain, as well as holding the plate-springs in place, the shank c and arms c2 of the T-'head of the stud projecting through the curtain a sufficient distance to allow of their engagement with the plate F. This plate, as shown in Fig. 3, is secured to the seat, rail, or other' desired part of the vehicle by screws f, which passy through the ends of the plate into the wood, and is provided with an elongated slot,f, through which, as before stated, the T-head of the stud C passes, and is further provided at each side of the slot with a transverse depression, f, which receives the arms c2 of the stud when the latter is turned so that said arms shall be at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the slot. A' cavity, g, in the wood beneath the plate F receives and allows the arms of the T- head to have the necessary movement.

The operation of the device is as follows: The curtain having been unrolled, the projecting outer end of the stud is seized andthe arms of the T-head pushed through the slot in plate E. A half-turn to the right or left then brings the armsinto the transverse depression of said plate, where they are retained by'the outward pressure of the spring-plate upon the collar of the stud. To release the fastening, the outer end of the stud is seized and pushed in, depressing the spring-plate until the arms are clear of the transverse depressions. Then a halfturn brings the arms in line with the slot, when the stud may be Withdrawn from its engagement with the slotted plate, and the curtain is free to be rolled up or otherwise disposed of.

I am aware that several curtain-fasteni-ngs having two plates and button locking devices have Vbeen heretofore invented, as shown in the patent to Huston and Stanford in Letters Pat-ent ofthe United States No. 70,080, and to English in Patent lNo. 323,131, also that of Baker, No. 333,811. I do not, therefore, broadly claim a curtain-fastener having two plates and a stud-button.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a carriage-curtain fastener, the curved plate D, provided with an orifice to slip over the'stud C, and having its ends bent backward to forni a recess for the reception of the ends of the spring E, to which they are secured, in combination with said stud and spring, substantially as shown' and described.

2. In carriagecurtain fasteners, the combination of the` curtain A, outwardly-curved plate D, springplate E, with its ends secured in said curved plate, the stud C, having arms c2, with the slotted plate F, attached to the carriage-body, and provided with transverse depressions f, for the reception of said arms, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a carriage-curtain fastener, the outwardly-curved plate D and spring-plate E, having its ends secured to said curved plate, both being secured to the curtain, in combination with the stud C, passed loosely through the curved plate, and having a collar eXtending radially between said curved and spring plates to retain the stud in `position, a shank, c', extending through the curtain and provided with arms or extensions c2, and the slotted plate F, secured to the carriage for the purpose of receiving said shank-arms and holding the curtain in contact with the carriage, as

set forth.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses. 

